Partners of Drive Away Hunger contributed 514 million meals in 2024, announced Farm Credit Canada (FCC).
“Drive Away Hunger partners donate food and dollars to charitable food security agencies in communities across Canada, connecting nutritious food to those in need and redirecting food surpluses that would otherwise go to waste.” said FCC in a news release.
“Hunger doesn’t take a break and neither does the Drive Away Hunger program,” says Carla Warnyca, Manager of Community Investment with FCC, “we are accepting donations year-round and looking for partnerships year-round.”
FCC is encouraging more collaboration and for partners to do more. They pointed to a report from Food Banks Canada, called HungerCount 2024, that said over two million visits to food banks were made nationwide in March last year, a 90 per cent increase from 2019.
Warnyca says “it’s really about rallying together, giving generously, looking for new solutions, and growing our collective impact, and these amazing industries are already doing so much and we know we can really create change and doing it more together.”
You can see the full list of partners that contributed in 2024 by clicking here.